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Night + Rum = Passion EIGHT
RILEY Clasping Leah’s hand like I was afraid to let go even for a second, I led her up the elevator and soon we arrived at my office, none of us saying a word the entire time. Upon getting to my office I let go of her and watched her settle down in one of the seats, acting nonchalant. “Care to tell me what you were doing with that guy downstairs?” I asked, not bothering to sit and going over to stand in front of her. “I told you, his wife suddenly attacked me from nowhere,” she said in a bored tone. “So, you mean to tell me that you were just standing in the parking lot and the lady randomly attacked you?” I queried, doubting the authenticity of what she said. Honestly, I feel like my sister has been lying to me for the past three years. Starting from the day I opened my eyes at a hospital here in Texas. That day, she was the only person next to me. I could recall what she told me that day. “I’m your only remaining family, our brother, Liam died years ago. You can’t recall t
Night + Rum = Passion NINE
NATHANWalking over to my closet, I took my time to pick out an outfit, today is a very special day to me and I honestly want to look my best. Last time I went to LLH company, I didn’t really put much effort into looking nice, I never expected to see Riley that day, if not I would have put an extra effort into looking good. However, today was going to be different, I have decided to look my best. After listening to my mum talk about how much I hurt Riley, I didn’t know what to think. I never knew I hurt her this much and it was never my intention to do so. It was all Nancy’s fault. “No, it’s my fault for not standing up to that bitch, it’s my fault for not even putting an effort into getting rid of her…If only I did something to her back then things wouldn't have escalated to this point.”After picking up the last piece of clothing, I picked up my car keys and walked off, mumbling to myself.I had transferred all my shares in my family company to Ethan, it was all to make everyone hap
Night + Rum = Passion TEN
RILEY Leah and I, like always, drove to the company together. Previously, we'd be all chatty throughout the entire ride, but something was different today and I was sure it was yesterday’s incident.I didn't bother saying a word throughout the entire ride, knowing my mind was already made up on what I'd do. Upon getting to the company, I stopped at the entrance gate like I've always done.“You should get down here, I'll park the car and join you,” I told Leah, leaning close to her to open the car door for her, but she held onto my hand.“Don't worry, Riley. Let's park the car together today,” she said, flashing her teeth at me. Her smile was kind of weird and I suspected she still had something to say to me. Nodding, I reversed the car and headed in the direction of the company’s parking space.Upon getting there and parking the car, I was about to get down when Leah held onto my hand. She inched close to me and stared directly at me. “I don't know if you took my words seriously at
Night + Rum = Passion ELEVEN
LEAH I couldn't believe Riley would someday go against me, when all I've been doing was protect her. I abandoned everything, my life, my friends, every single thing to relocate and give my sister a better life, away from all that hurt her, away from every single person that caused her pain. I called off my engagement with my innocent fiancee who had nothing to do with all these to be with my sister just to make her safe, and what do I get in return? How Riley remained adamant on wanting to collaborate with Nathan annoyed me greatly. But all I could do was threaten Nathan and lock myself in my office, since I obviously can't do any other thing. I'm the real CEO of this company. I established this Company years ago, with my brother's help, while Riley chose to start up a pharmaceutical company which had been her lifelong dream. When everyone hurt Riley and she didn't have a single person to lean onto, I pushed them all away from her, I banned my brother who had blamed Riley for ge
Night + Rum = Passion TWELVE
RILEY From the moment Leah left the company alone this evening, I couldn't stop worrying. This was the first time she'd do something like this and it worries me badly. Leah seems to have changed so much in just one day. She has never had lunch without me for as long as I can remember but today, she did that. Words can not explain how hurt I was when she refused to have lunch with me today and now this. I didn't know how to feel or react. But honestly, Isn’t she overreacting about this? It wasn't like I signed a business contract with an ex just to get back together with him.Driving back home that day was torturous, I was so used to having a chatty Leah next to me each time. “I miss you, Leah,” I mumbled.Before I could realize it, tears were trickling down my face.After driving for about twenty minutes, I finally got home. Upon reaching home, I made a quick decision to make Leah’s favorite dish and surprise her with it when she gets home. I didn't even bother changing my clothes,
Night + Rum = Passion ONE
RILEY“Aunt, you should go join the others in the living room, I'll take care of things here in the kitchen,” I smiled entering the kitchen and trying to take the cutting stick from my brother's mother-in-law.Just a few minutes ago, I had been seated in the sitting room, laughing alongside my entire family and friends, but that was until he walked in. Nathan Martinez, next to him was his twin, Ethan Martinez. The duo was smoking hot as ever. They looked identical and almost had the same walking style, but then there was something about him that tugged at my core each time I set my eyes on him. Unlike his twin, who was outspoken and made friends with almost everyone, Nathan was cool and reserved, his intelligent blue eyes always calculating and sizing up everything. He had this commanding aura that made me want to go down on my knees before him. “Walk up to him and ask him out, instead of sizing him up from here,” A familiar voice resonated next to me. It was my younger sister, Leah.
Night + Rum = Passion TWO
RILEYMy entire body was aching, I felt sore all over. I groaned as a ray of light hit my face. My eyes fluttered open. I yawned, rising from the bed and relaxing my body against the bed stand.“Wait….A bed?” I muttered, all forms of dizziness clearing from my eyes instantly.“It's morning,” I mumbled aloud.“How…how come. I was having rum with Nathan just now and…” My mind went blank. I couldn't recall anything.Rummaging my head for answers as to how I ended up here, my eyes drank in the appearance of the room. It wasn't my room or one of the rooms at home. It was….“A hotel room.”“Oh, lord,” I mumbled, clutching onto the sheets wrapped around my chest.“Wait, sheets?”“Wasn't I in an overflowing gown at the bar?”I instantly stared down at myself. Lifting the sheet and slowly peeking down my body.“God! I was naked.”“Did Nathan and I do it last night?” I muttered.I couldn't recall anything, my memory was blank and all I could recall was downing shots of rum.Someone groaned rig
Night + Rum = Passion THREE
RILEY TWO WEEKS LATER“We’ll launch the new product in a week after having tested it. That will be all for now,” I announced, rising from my seat and dispersing my employees.They say the best way to take our mind off certain things is to focus on a completely different thing. To ease the hurt that was weighing down my heart after the incident, I dedicated all my time to launching a new product here in my company. It was a drug we had gotten approval to produce but had been taking things slowly. However, being the CEO, I was able to push the production forward and here we are, after two weeks we were almost ready to launch it.Getting back to my office, I lowered myself onto my seat and rested my head on my desk.“You should go home and get proper sleep, you've been sleeping here for over a week now,” my assistant, Nancy’s voice resonated from a corner of my office.“I have nothing to do at home…”“You've been saying the same thing since forever. I don't know what went wrong, you don
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